Peoples of the Apocalypse: Eschatological Beliefs and Political Scenarios

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This volume addresses Jewish, Christian and Muslim future visions on the end of the world, focusing on the respective allies and antagonists for each religious society. Extensive lists of murderous end-time peoples, whether for good or evil, and those who merit salvation hold variably defined roles in end-time scenarios. Spanning late Antiquity to the early modern period, the collected papers examine distinctive aspects represented by each religion's approach as well as shared concepts. Wolfram Brandes, Felicitas Schmieder, Rebekka Voß / Introduction 1 I. Kriegerische Völker / Warsome Peoples Veronika Wieser / Roms wilde Völker: Grenzüberschreitungen und Untergangsstimm(ung)en im letzten Jahrhundert des römischen Imperiums 23 Katharina Enderle / Der Perserkrieg unter Anastasios (502–506 n.Chr.) als Endzeitereignis 51 Lutz Greisiger / Opening the Gates of the North in 627: War, Anti-Byzantine Sentiment and Apocalyptic Expectancy in the Near East Prior to the Arab Invasion 63 II. Unbekannte Völker / Unknown Peoples Gregor Werner / Travelling towards the peoples of the Endtime: C de Bridia as religious reinterpretation of Carpini 83 Petra Waffner / Die Völker der Endzeit im französischen 'Livre de Sidrac' (13. Jh.) 97 Felicitas Schmieder / Gogs und Magogs 'natürliche Milde'? Die Mongolen als Endzeitvölker im Wandel von Wissen und Wünschen 111 III. Jüdische Völker der Endzeit / Jewish Peoples of the Apocalypse Alexandra Cuffel / Jewish Tribes and Women in the Genesis and Battle of the Dajjāl: Nuʿayim ibn Ḥammād al-Khuzāʿī al-Marwzī's 'Kitāb al-Fitan' 129 Zaroui Pogossian / Jews in Armenian Apocalyptic Traditions of the 12th century: a Fictional Community or New Encounters? 147 Moti Benmelech / Back to the Future: The Ten Tribes and Messianic Hopes in Jewish Society during the Early Modern Age 193 IV. Muslimische Perspektiven / Muslim Perspectives Anna Akasoy / Al-Andalus and the Andalusis in the Islamic Apocalyptic Tradition 213 David Cook / The Image of the Turk in Classical and Modern Muslim Apocalyptic Literature 225 V. Protestantische Lesarten / Protestant Variants Pavlína Cermanová / Gog and Magog: Using Concepts of Apocalyptic Enemies in the Hussite era 239 Frances Courtney Kneupper / The Wirsberger Brothers: Contesting Spiritual Authority through Prophecy 257 Anselm Schubert / Nova Israhelis republica. Das Täuferreich von Münster 1534/35 als wahres Israel 271 Andreas Pečar / Englands Heil und die Gottesfeinde Gog und Magog. Die bedrohte politische Identität Englands als 'protestant nation' (1588–1640) 285 VI. Nicht-apokalyptische Völker der Endzeit / Non‐Apocalyptic Peoples of the Apocalypse James T. Palmer / Apocalyptic Outsiders and their Uses in the Early Medieval West 307 Anke Holdenried / Christian Moral Decline: A New Context for the 'Sibylla Tiburtina' (Ms Escorial &.I.3) 321 Delia Kottmann / The Apocalyptic Cycle of the Romanesque Murals in the Narthex of Saint-Savinsur-Gartempe (Vienne): Do They Illustrate Political Ideas of the Gregorian Reform? 337 Index 353